Thanks, good to know. Was that the $620 for paint + labor? I was quoted $500-$600 for the unpainted parts.

Don

 

Wow, I can see why you'd avoid red!

In theory red is easier to see - hence all those red fire engines. I'm guessing color doesn't really matter though if the other driver isn't paying attention in the first place.

The only car we've owned that was rear-ended was... wait for it... blue!

Don

 

Paint and labor,installed. They literally are held on with several screws and plastic snaps.

 

Actually...come to think of it, the only car I was rear-ended in was blue as well. LOL, there you go

 

Damn! You had to go and post that picture. Now as I have stated. This color looks awesome in this picture and awesome under Halogen Spotlights but in true light just no "POP" Now this still may be my color. If 99% of all demo Roadsters weren't Silver I may have been able to see one in Lightning. Ive narrowed it down to Silver or this. I think it would be cool to have a Shelby with Silver stripes and a smaller clone type car with the same color combo.

 

Now what are fellow crazed Roadsterphiles supposed to do...look out for one another

 

That would make my cost around $1,200, which is a lot to pay for a purely cosmetic feature. Not saying it's out of the questions, but it does require some thought.

But man, they look good...

Don

 

 

I haven't been on the site in ages ..but. Saw the roadster last weekend at the auo show. And I think I need it.

 

Thanks - doesn't look *too* bad, although I'm always concerned when a TIS is mentioned - sometimes those are unfindable and contain important info.

Might take a run at that. On the other hand, you'd think the experienced techs at the dealer would be able to do those in an hour or two, so about $200. Might be worth it - I'm much happier with wrench work versus body work.

Don

 

REEF

 

I saw Reef in person last weekend, in the sunshine, had no life to it. Of the blues, Lightning is the most interesting to me...for whatever that's worth

 

That does help, Thanks.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPPUB...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzj-RZVnrgo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRWPd...eature=related

 

Great thread, there are almost tooooo many choices between interior and exterior.
I chose black, classic, and it's slimming :-)

 

So is anyone besides me getting a BRG one? It's scarce to find either an R58 or R59 in BRG on the forums.........makes mine more rare I guess ;-)

 

That's a great color!

There would have been one in St. Louis, but my wife's vote was for something brighter. I was leaning towards a more classic look. Since a lot of the other decisions on the car were mine, no way could I argue with one of the few areas where she had a strong opinion.

Looking forward to seeing some pics of that car!

Don

 

I really wanted a BRG because of the links with the original Mini, etc., but it didn't really work for me on the roadster. I had a BRG hatch built up in the configurator and I loved it with a white roof, but with the black roof it was just too "dowdy", unless I went with black wheels and headlights and went for the "stealth fighter" look. I couldn't make the roadster look right in BRG at all. Shame really, but I am super-happy with the Lightning Blue I went for. The local dealer has a coupe in the blue and it looks great. I should get to see it in the flesh on my car in about two weeks.

 

I get my eclipse grey next week!

 

I saw this Lightning Blue at my dealership this afternoon.

 

That's very close to the one we ordered yesterday. Lightning blue with JCW package and black stripes and mirror caps. Couldn't get the black headlights for some reason (ordered adaptive xenons with white turn signals). I like the black conicals. May end up with a set of them sometime in the future.

 

WOW that is almost neon glowing.